CVE-2016-9755

The netfilter subsystem in the Linux kernel before 4.9 mishandles IPv6 reassembly, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (integer overflow, out-of-bounds write, and GPF) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted application that makes socket, connect, and writev system calls, related to net/ipv6/netfilter/nf_conntrack_reasm.c and net/ipv6/netfilter/nf_defrag_ipv6_hooks.c.
Configurations

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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

21 Nov 2024, 03:01

Type Values Removed Values Added
References () http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=9b57da0630c9fd36ed7a20fc0f98dc82cc0777fa - Patch, Vendor Advisory () http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=9b57da0630c9fd36ed7a20fc0f98dc82cc0777fa - Patch, Vendor Advisory
References () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/01/10 - Mailing List () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/01/10 - Mailing List
References () http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94626 - () http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94626 -
References () https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1400904 - Issue Tracking () https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1400904 - Issue Tracking
References () https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/9b57da0630c9fd36ed7a20fc0f98dc82cc0777fa - () https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/9b57da0630c9fd36ed7a20fc0f98dc82cc0777fa -
References () https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/syzkaller/GFbGpX7nTEo - () https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/syzkaller/GFbGpX7nTEo -
References () https://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg407525.html - Mailing List, Patch () https://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg407525.html - Mailing List, Patch

07 Nov 2023, 02:37

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References
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  • () https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/syzkaller/GFbGpX7nTEo -

Information

Published : 2016-12-28 07:59

Updated : 2024-11-21 03:01


NVD link : CVE-2016-9755

Mitre link : CVE-2016-9755

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2016-9755


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Products Affected

linux

  • linux_kernel
CWE
CWE-787

Out-of-bounds Write